The Toulouse goalkeeper is more than pleased with his performance for Les Pitchouns this season and has vowed to continue playing like this in the future
The 21-year-old has been a phenomenal player for his club this season producing a number of eye-catching performances to help take TFC to the upper half of the league table.
The France Under-21 international has expressed his delight at the way things are going for him at the moment and is delighted to be the first-choice goalkeeper for Les Pitchouns.
While talking to reporters, Ali Ahamada revealed that former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international, Fabien Barthez, is his role model and he was really inspired by him. The Frenchman said that a lot of people compare him with Barthez and its an honour for him to be comapared
with such an amazing goalkeeper.
The youngster added that Steve Mandanda has a huge influence on him as well and he wants to become one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
"I was inspired by Fabien Barthez. A lot of people have told me I remind them of Barthez when he was my age and when I started there was also http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steve-Mandanda-c34177 who was coming through at Marseille. I really liked those goalkeepers and I'm working hard to try
to emulate them."
Talking about his promotion to Toulouse’s senior team in 2011, the 21-year-old said that he wasn’t ready for that at that moment and playing every weekend was new to him at that point. However, Ahamada feels that things have changed now and he has improved
a lot in last couple of years.
"When I joined Toulouse, I'd come from the amateur game and I wasn't really used to playing every weekend.”
The talented shot-stopper added that he still needs some time to become perfect but he will continue working hard to become the best in the business.
"Since I've been playing for the first team, I've been able to gain experience. There are still imperfections in my game compared to older goalkeepers but I'm working."
Toulouse play host to Stade Brestois in their next game of the 2012/2013 Ligue 1 campaign.
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